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Initiating Flows and Forgetting them

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Posted on by NPrice99 1,302
Hi
 
I have a requirement to kick off a number of reports every month.
 
I do this by kicking off a set of flows using run child flow.
 
I want to be able to kick these report off and forget them.
 
I cannot use "Initiate flow using HTTP Request" becuase of the company's Data Loss Prevention Policy blocking the use of HTTP requests in Flows.
 
Is this possible using "Run Child Flow" ?
 
Regards
 
Nigel
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  • NsL Coder Profile Picture
    NsL Coder 475 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
    Don't understand what you mean by "kick these report off and forget them".
     
    if you have flows that run reports, and want to have another flow that "kicks" them off at certain schedule, then these "child flow" needs to use the manual trigger. and all the flows involved needs to be in a Solution. You cannot "run child flow" that is not in a Solution
  • NPrice99 Profile Picture
    NPrice99 1,302 on at
    Hi @NSL Coder
     
    Everything is in a solution - scheduled flow and child flows.  I just want to kick off the child flows and not wait until that child flow finishes before starting the next child flow.
     
    REgards
     
    Nigel 
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    NsL Coder Profile Picture
    NsL Coder 475 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
    You can either:
    1. in the child flow, response action comes first and then the flow continues to run the rest of what it is supposed to do
    2. use parallel action to run all flow in parallel

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